Weekend Adventure with Abby The Wolverine

Abby the Wolverine is the class pet at Emmy's preschool.  Each student gets to take turns bringing Abby home on the weekends.  Last weekend was Emmy's chance to bring Abby home. She was really excited that she got to bring Abby home to meet the family and our cat Max.  Erin & Emmy had so much fun playing with Abby.

On Friday after school, we got to show Abby where mommy works and then went home to eat chicken strips.  Abby even went on a wild hunt through the Maple Grove Maze at the Community Center that evening. 

On Saturday, we got up early so that we could introduce Abby to the best strawberry pancakes in town at the Original Pancake House!!  Abby then joined us at our cousin Colten's birthday party where we went up and down the slides and jumped in a really big jumpy house.  On the way home, Abby rode between Emmy & Erin in the car and sat quietly in her kennel.  That night we watched Caillou, ate some popcorn, and read a Curious George book before bed.

On Sunday, Emmy & Erin showed Abby how much fun it is to have a princess tea party.  They got to dress up in princess clothes and Abby even got to wear a crown!

Abby also got to visit some of her friends at the pet store. 

To wrap up our fun-filled weekend, we had a play date with our neighbors Ann & Irene ~ They loved hearing all about our adventures with Abby!

When Emmy brought Abby back to school on Monday, she got to share her story about what she did with Abby over the weekend.  She then was able to pick the next classmate who would get to spend their next adventure with Abby.  Emmy picked her friend Lameese. 

Erin's Big Girl Bed

We are long overdue on making Erin's crib into a big girl bed for her.  We had good intentions about nine months ago. Each passing week just seemed to get busier and busier.  If I had known it would have been so easy, I would have done it a lot sooner.  I thought that we needed an expensive conversion kit which had to be specially ordered.  Turns out all we needed to do was remove a few screws and voila...a daybed.  We didn't get the guard rail yet.  I'm hoping she can get by without it. 
Erin is so excited about her new "Big Girl Bed."  She was jumping up and down and telling Emmy all about her new bed! 
The girls wanted to sleep together Saturday night, but that didn't work out so well.  All they wanted to do was play & giggle.  And then one of them started crying because the other one kicked and stole the covers. 

Candy Overload!!!

Good Lord, we'll be eating candy for five years!  Bob, Scott & Rachel decided to outdo themselves from last year with this giant tote filled to the brim with candy, coloring books, glow sticks, etc.  My mom also gave each of the girls a bucket full of goodies and new jammies. 
I can't wait to find out what happens at the girls' next dental exam.
I'm going to have to hand some of this candy out to the neighbor kids or maybe bring a stash to work every now and then.  Ummm...Unkie...Paybacks are a b*tch.

Halloween Dance Party

Last week Emmy's Dance class celebrated Halloween.  Emmy wanted to wear her princess costume from Unkie Hoda & Rachel.  She fit right in - all the other little girls were princesses too!

Emmy's Preschool Picture 2012-13

Emmy loves going to preschool and is learning so much!  She goes to school Monday through Friday and enjoys all of her four teachers and her friends.  Her best friends at school are Emmalea, Taylor, Thor, Jason B, Jason K, Isabelle M, Isabelle K & Lameese.  Their class goes on a field trip once a month.  So far they have gone to Pump It Up & Apple Jacks Orchard.  I think that the bus ride was the highlight of the trip. She has already worn out her first pair of tennis shoes. 
She loves gym class with Mr. Opatz and music class with Mrs. Stennes.  She also loves lunch time, puzzles, coloring & story time.  She has brought home so many wonderful projects and is amazing us every day with what she is learning at school. 

 

Christmas w/Grandma Bev

We celebrated Christmas with Grandma Bev in southern Minnesota before she headed back out to Arizona for the winter.  We had our annual prime rib dinner along with all the fixings.  After dinner, we opened presents and then we played bingo.  After bingo we went to the hotel so the kids could swim in the pool. We took over the party room, mingled and had all kinds of good snacks!  We were fortunate to have beautiful weather so that we could take pictures outside.  I didn't get any pictures other than this one of grandma Bev and all of the great grand kids.  Have fun in Arizona Grandma Bev & we'll talk soon! Much Love!

Little Mermaid-Under The Sea

I signed the girls up for an event through the community rec program called "Under the Sea."  They got to hang out and play with Ariel from the Little Mermaid for the day!  The girls had a good time, singing, dancing, playing with stickers, and getting tattoos.

Halloween with Daddy's Work

Brad's office hosted a family Halloween event on Friday, October 19th.  The kids had fun going to all of the different offices on each floor.  Employees volunteered to hand out candy from their office.  After going through the five levels, we went down to the cafeteria for a little party.  Families could decorate cookies, carve pumpkins, make spiders, etc.  The girls had fun and came home with their buckets full of candy.